Comments on: Israel’s shift to the right http://www.yourish.com/2009/02/12/6444 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:28:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: LynnB http://www.yourish.com/2009/02/12/6444/comment-page-1#comment-36036 LynnB Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:52:48 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=6444#comment-36036 Great analysis, Meryl. One small correction: The disengagment from Gaza was completed on August 22, 2005 (and from northern Samaria the next day). Sharon announced his intention to leave the Likud and form his own party on November 21, 2005. So clearly he didn't form Kadima to effect the disengagement, which had been completed three months earlier. The split was more a result of the disengagement and the subsequent fracturing of the party as a result. I only bother to mention this because I've seen this error repeated a few times now in the post-election reporting and once it gets repeated often enough on the internet it will be hard to call back. Great analysis, Meryl.

One small correction: The disengagment from Gaza was completed on August 22, 2005 (and from northern Samaria the next day). Sharon announced his intention to leave the Likud and form his own party on November 21, 2005.

So clearly he didn’t form Kadima to effect the disengagement, which had been completed three months earlier. The split was more a result of the disengagement and the subsequent fracturing of the party as a result.

I only bother to mention this because I’ve seen this error repeated a few times now in the post-election reporting and once it gets repeated often enough on the internet it will be hard to call back.

]]> By: Soccerdad http://www.yourish.com/2009/02/12/6444/comment-page-1#comment-36026 Soccerdad Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:47:18 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=6444#comment-36026 As I mentioned in my e-mail, there's something perverse about Tibi, who served as Arafat's adviser even as he served in Knesset criticizing Lieberman. If there weren't Arab politicians like Tibi, there wouldn't be Israeli politicians like Lieberman. As I mentioned in my e-mail, there’s something perverse about Tibi, who served as Arafat’s adviser even as he served in Knesset criticizing Lieberman. If there weren’t Arab politicians like Tibi, there wouldn’t be Israeli politicians like Lieberman.

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